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Thursday, 10 April 2014

The Amazing Effects of Trapunto

Kayleigh will be celebrating her 3rd birthday this month. So its no surprise that I am making her a quilt. Her interests and tastes like favorite movie characters, or a favorite toy changes daily. So to make her a themed quilt or a memory for her birthday was a hard choice.

But I really wanted to capture a little bit of her within the quilt. So I decided on trapunto. That is when you add a few extra layers of batting within the area you want to stand out. And what better way to remember her at 3 years old than to use her little hands within the quilt.

I think it turned out beautifully..... I am not finished quilting just yet, but will share a finished real soon!

Oh my goodness. This is gorgeous!!! And what a brilliant idea to start with! And then to add the extra thickness... In awe over here :-) it looks brilliant, and you've definitely captured the moment of her life.E xx

Your quilting is just exceptional. I love your design, how wonderful to have Kayleigh's hand prints with trapunto work.Its just amazing and she is going to treasure this for years to come.Happy 3rd Birhtday to Kayleigh!

Your quilt IS amazing, not just the technique. The hands you've created are stunning! And the whole quilting makes me think of a child in a bathtub full of bubbles, trying to catch them. Great workmanship!

I just watched an episode of craft show that showed how to do this. I had never seen it before..and I will be giving it a try. I kind of did it once on a whale quilt I made and wanted to make the whales stand out so I stuffed a bit of batting in that area and it worked...I didn't know it had a name!It is such a cool effect. Cheri, the Quilting Nannywww(dot)fabricandmemories.blogspot.com

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